Magic Julep

Magic Julep by Gina LaManna
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

These books are such a unique little treat. Each time, they give me something new and exciting - light, but with real issues underneath that make it darker than your usual binge-reading.

In this installment (almost the end?!?!) Lily’s world grows even further. We are introduced to the royal courts when she gets an invitation to dinner with the royal family of one of the courts. It is, of course, just a cover for them to ask for her help. Their kingdom has been cursed into eternal winter and they can’t survive much longer. As if Lily needed more on her plate - isn’t she supposed to be getting married at some point? The mysterious quilter shows up again, sort-of apologizing but also throwing another wrench in Lily’s life plans.

As usual, we get a huge set of new world-building, side quests, misdirection, and mystery rolled into only a few days of Lily’s extraordinary life. Her dad drama sort-of gets mostly resolved in this one in an OK way, Ranger X sort-of gets the talking to he needs to get about his hypocrisy when it comes to Lily taking risks, and we get the mystery tied up in a neat bow. The happy ending here was surprising but I’ll take it. Since we are so close to the end here, I’m willing to forgive some shortcuts to Lily’s HEA.

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